Chapter 8: Motivation and Emotion Flashcards
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Motivation
The process by which activities are started, directed, and continued so that physical or psychological needs or wants are met.
Extrinsic Motivation
Type of motivation in which a person performs an action because it leads to an outcome that is separate from or external to the person.
Intrinsic Motivation
Type of motivation in which a person performs an action because the act itself is rewarding or satisfying in some internal manner.
Instincts
The biological determined and innate patterns of behavior that exist in both people and animals.
Instinct Approach
Approach to motivation that assumes people are governed by instincts similar to those of animals.
Need
A requirement of some material (such as food or water) that is essential for survival of the organism.
Drive
A psychological tension and physical arousal arising when there is a need that motivates the organism to act in order to fulfill the need and reduce the tension.
Drive-Reduction theory
Approach to motivation that assumes behavior arises from physiological needs that cause internal drives to push the organism to satisfy the need and reduce tension and arousal.
Primary Drives
Those drives that involve needs of the body such as hunger and thirst.
Acquired (Secondary) Drives
Those drives that are learned through experience or conditioning, such as the need for money or social approval.
Homeostasis
The tendency of the body to maintain a steady state.
Need for Achievement (nAch)
A need that involves a strong desire to succeed in attaining goals, not only realistic ones but also challenging ones.
Need for Affiliation (nAff)
The need for friendly social interactions and relationships with others.
Need for Power (nPow)
The need to have control or influence over others.
Stimulus Motive
A motive that appears to be unlearned but causes an increase in stimulation, such as curiosity.
Arousal Theory
Theory of motivation in which people are said to have an optimal (best or ideal) level of tension that they seek to maintain by increasingly decreasing stimulation.
Yerkes-Dodson Law
Law stating performance is related to arousal; moderate levels of arousal lead to better performance then do levels of arousal that are too low or too high. This effect varies with the difficulty of the task: Easy task me require a high moderate level whereas more difficult tasks require a low-moderate level.
Sensation Seeker
Someone who needs more arousal than the average person.
Incentives
Things that attract or lure people into action.
Incentive Approaches
Theories of motivation in which behavior is explained as a response to the external stimulus and it’s rewarding properties.
Expectancy-Value Theories
Incentive theories that assume the actions of humans cannot be predicted or fully understood without understanding the beliefs, values, and the importance that a person attaches to those beliefs and values at any given moment in time.
Self-Actualization
According to Maslow, the point that is seldom reached at which people have sufficiently satisfied the lower needs and achieved their full human potential.
Peak Experiences
According to Maslow, times in a person’s life during which self-actualization is temporarily achieved.
Self-Determination Theory (SDT)
Theory of human motivation in which the social context of an action has an effect on the type of motivation existing for the action.